Runner Up Best Fiction, The Beach Book Festival
San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention
Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention
Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention
An unknown group is carrying out terrorist attacks to undermine China’s Communist Party and China’s global expansion.
Wes Robertson, an American businessman who is injured in one of the attacks, becomes caught up in the hunt for the terrorists as does Maria Braga, the American Ambassador to an African country where people died from another.
As Wes and Maria hunt the perpetrators in China and the United States they become romantically involved. Meanwhile, Chinese officials suspect Wes may be involved with the terrorists, and the terrorists seek to stop Wes, killing him if need be. Can Wes and Maria discover who is behind these attacks and stop them before it is too late? Their search leads to a final confrontation and a surprising ending.
Lucinda E Clarke for Readers’ Favorite –
Attacking the Dragon by A. Marc. Ross is set in China, the USA, and Equatorial Guinea. Some unknown organization is attacking the Belt and Road initiative led by the Chinese to uplift and possibly draw Third World countries into debt. This unidentified group has succeeded in blowing up a factory, injuring a Senior Party Member and a US businessman who works extensively with Chinese companies. A second disaster occurs when a half-built dam in Equatorial Guinea collapses and destroys a village downriver, killing dozens of people. More sabotage is planned, and in the meantime, everyone blames everyone else, and tensions rise. Wesley Robertson and a US Ambassador work together to discover the perpetrators, and that is not an easy task. While Wesley himself is suspected by the Chinese, only his contacts in government circles lead to his release. Attacking the Dragon is a fast-moving, engrossing political thriller that has the reader on the edge of their seat from the first page to the last.
For lovers of political intrigue, this is a book they are sure to enjoy. Attacking the Dragon by A. Marc. Ross takes the reader into the heart of China. There are great descriptions of areas outside the main cities, and the journey to Chengdu was particularly exciting. This book is so well written that you could imagine you were in the backstreets of China. On several occasions, the principal characters’ lives are at risk, and dangers are lurking in the shadows. There are murders aplenty, and suspicion at the highest level. We are taken behind the scenes in the senior echelons of the Chinese Party officials, where a simple mistake or lack of judgment can cost you your life. Attacking the Dragon also takes the reader to Equatorial Guinea and cities in the United States. The narrative moves at a breakneck speed with numerous twists and turns and cliffhanger moments. It is a book I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend